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Thursday, May 10, 2007

MAMA GOT BACKS

Here’s another human interest photo I’ve taken at the Aliwan Festival.

On this one, the sight of abundant skimpily-clad male butts probably drove this woman to tears. Whether they were tears of joy or of revulsion will, of course, remain a mystery, for I dared not inquire.

I submitted this picture, by the way, to Reuters and the PiPho/Photo.Net online photo contest under the amusing moments of the festival category.

Incidentally, it wasn’t until I was in New York, when I began hearing guys rating females’ behind and vice versa. Those of Afro-American and Afro/Latin origins almost always rank high in this regard. Filipinos, on the other hand, were often considered flat-butted, but we never cared much for this part of the human anatomy as being sexy anyway. That is, until I came back to Manila and heard my nephews and their friends rating their girlfriends’ bottom. Oh well, the power of Hollywood influence, I guess. Or was it hip-hop?

Eric, I have read all the comments here and I am surprised that everyone seems to be so focused on the lady wiping her tears, sweat or whatever, without seeing what I actually see in those skimpily clad males.

It seems to me, they are doing something simultaneously. Go figure! hehe.

I've always appreciated the offsprings of inter-racial marriages. Most, indeed, grow up with interesting and charming features. I used to have a tennis buddy in NYC whose mother is Tahitian and his father, French. Many girls at Central Park's tennis courts would swoon over him shamelessly ... hehehe.

Life in Manila as observed by a former New Yorker who with a laptop and camera has reinvented himself as a storyteller. Winner of the PHILIPPINE BLOG AWARDS: Best Photo Blog in 2007 and three Best Single Post awards in 2008.